Polyp in concha bullosa a case report and review of the literature 英文参考文献.docVIP

Head Face Medicine BioMedCentral Case report Open Access Polyp in concha bullosa: a case report and review of the literature Alper Nabi Erkan*?1, Tuba Canbolat?2, Cem Ozer?1, Ismail Yilmaz?1 and Levent N Ozluoglu?1 Address: 1Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 2. Cadde No:72/2, Bahcelievler 06490, Ankara, Turkey and 2Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 12. Sokak No:4/1, Bahcelievler 06490, Ankara, Turkey Email: Alper Nabi Erkan* - alpernabierkan@; Tuba Canbolat - etubacanpolat@; Cem Ozer - cemkbb@; Ismail Yilmaz - iy38@; Levent N Ozluoglu - leventozluoglu@.tr * Corresponding author ?Equal contributors Published: 08 May 2006 Received: 28 January 2006 Accepted: 08 May 2006 Head Face Medicine2006, 2:11 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-2-11 This article is available from: /content/2/1/11 ? 2006Erkan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Polyp originating within a concha bullosa is uncommon; we report only the third such case in the English literature. A 45-year-old man presented with nasal obstruction and headache. Examination of the nose revealed right septal deviation and a hypertrophic left middle concha. Computed tomography confirmed right septal deviation and identified left concha bullosa with thickening of the mucosa covering this lesion. The lateral lamella of the affected turbinate was removed and a mass was excised. Histopathologic examination of the excised mass revealed polypoid hyperplasia. The rare finding of polyp in concha bullosa is discussed with a review of the literature. In any case of concha bullosa, computed tomography images should be carefully evaluated before surgery to check for other pa